Track and field: Dominguez dons crown as 1,600 relay record-holder

The boys' 1,600 relay was all about the Dominguez foursome of Kivon Grant, Manoah Wesson, Leon Dillihunt and Aaron Hestor. They combined to break the Division I record set by Hawthorne in 1985. Dominguez ran it in 3 minutes 11.87 seconds, eclipsing Hawthorne's 3:12.23.

In-depth coverage of the Dons' record-setting performance can be found in Dan Arrit's account. It was also the state's fastest time, beating the mark of 3:12.13.

Although Dominguez beat Long Beach Poly in a good race, there was an outstanding race in Division III as well. Crespi made a last-lap pass for the lead and hung on -- barely -- to nip Orange Lutheran. Crespi stopped the clock at 3:15.91, to Lutheran's 3:16.07. Servite was there at the end too, at 3:17.28, and all three qualified for the Masters Meet on Friday at Cerritos College.

Roosevelt won in Division II, and Santa Ynez took the Division IV title with a time of 3:24.67.

Track and field: Masters meet or baseball playoffs for Torres?

Crescenta Valley's Zack Torres qualified for Friday's Masters meet in Cerritos with a time of 9:21.60 in the Southern Section-Toyota Division I boys' 3,200 meters championships. That's a good thing, except he is the starting second baseman on the Falcons' baseball team, which will play at El Toro on Tuesday.

If Crescenta Valley moves on in the playoffs, it will play on Friday, the same day as the Masters, though they take place in the evening at Cerritos College. Torres, also the son of the team's head coach, Phil Torres, will have a decision to make if it gets to that point.

Jeremy Acosta of Highland was the boys' 3,200 Division I champion, Luis Dorantes of Whittier won Division II, Anthony Solis of Barstow won Division III and Nick Osbourne of Victor Valley Christian won Division IV with a time of 9:37.69 that did not qualify him for the Masters meet.

Track and field: Steed goes 7 feet to win boys' high jump

Nick Ross of Vista Murrieta and Anthony McClendon of Colony won Division I and II titles in the high jump Saturday at 6 feet 8 inches, but it was was Harrison Steed of JSerra who turned in the only 7-foot performance of the afternoon at Mt. SAC in the Southern Section-Toyota Championships.

Steed was six inches better than his nearest competitor in Division IV. Only a sophomore, he had also reached 7-0 at the Triton Invitational, making him one of only three 7-foot jumpers in the state. The others are Ross, and Poway's Tynan Murray of the San Diego Section, who leads the state at 7-0 1/2.

Miles Beal of St. John Bosco was the Division III champ at 6-6.

Track and field: San Gorgonio's Stepney wins 300 hurdles

Cameron Stepney of San Gorgonio won the Division I boys' 300-meter hurdles title Saturday at the Southern Section-Toyota Championship at Mt. San Antonio College.

Ryan Holmes of Loyola won in Division II, Mikio Island of Crespi in Division III and Kyle Clark of Whittier Christian in Division IV.

Track and field: Mater Dei's Arthur closes show with pole vault victory

A long day at Mt. San Antonio College ended with Brooke Arthur of Mater Dei winning the pole vault with an effort of 12 feet.

Arthur was the only athlete to break the 11-6 barrier as she won the Division II title.

Tianna Webberly of Highland won the Division I title, Claire Hawkins of Santa Margarita won the Division III title and Lauren Radke of Oaks Christian won the Division IV title, all at 11-6.

Track and field: Poly's Hughes wins boys' 200 by 2/10 of a second

Long Beach Poly's Joey Hughes, pictured, beat Corona Santiago's Rodney Storrs by two-hundredths of a second Saturday in the Division I boys' 200-meter race during the Southern Section-Toyota Championships at Mt. SAC. Hughes finished in 21.25 and Storrs in 21.27.

The big winner of the day in the boys 200, however, was Adam Long of St. Bernard, who won the Division IV title with a time of 21.20. Tommy Curry of Riverside North won in Division II and Randall Carroll of Cathedral won in Division III.

Track and field: Poly leads girls' 1,600 relay; Wilson fails to advance

Long Beach Poly and Rancho Cucamonga were the only girls' 1,600-relay teams that broke the 3:50 barrier as they finished 1-2 in the Division I race of the Southern Section-Toyota Championships at Mt. SAC on Saturday.

Poly clocked 3:43.57, almost four seconds slower than it ran at the Penn Relays on April 24 to set the state standard this season.

One of Poly's primary rivals failed to advance. Long Beach Wilson, which had the third-fastest time in the state and 10th in the nation coming into the day at 3:44.97, encountered problems and finished seventh in the Division I race at 3:55.14, missing the field for the Masters meet by 3.15 seconds.

Other division winners were Woodbridge in Division II, San Luis Obispo in Division III, and  St. Mary's Academy in Division IV.

Track and field: Mater Dei's Gallardo stumbles, but still wins 800

Louie Gallardo, pictured, stumbled during the 800 meters Saturday, but the Mater Dei senior managed to cross the finish line first to win the Southern Section-Toyota Division II championship at Mt. San Antonio College.

Gallardo posted a time of 1:53.90, one-tenth of a second slower than the best run of the day, which was turned in by Steven Norton of La Sierra (1:53.89), the Division I champion.

Doug Bettisworth of Oak Park won the Division III championship and Bryce Van Boxtel of Shandon won Division IV with a time of 1:57.31 that did not qualify him for Friday's Masters meet.

Track and field: Dencer is the class of the field in the girls' 800

Camilla Dencer, pictured, of West Valley Christian already owned the fastest time in the state in the girls' 800. She didn't top her best mark on Saturday at the Southern Section-Toyota Championships at Mt. SAC, but to put her performance in perspective, her winning time of 2:10.5 matched the state's second-best mark set previously by the sensational Christine Babcock of Woodbridge.

Dencer beat Tara Blanchard of La Reina by three seconds to win the Division IV title.

Dencer set the state standard with a 2:09.61 at the Mt. SAC Invitational.

Dencer, Ne'Ausha Logan of Warren in Division I and Meghan Foley of Edison in Division II were the only runners to crack the 2:13 barrier.

The other champion on the day was Erica Castello of Nipomo, who won the Division III title at 2:16.47

Boys' volleyball: Izuchukwu rises to the occasion for Palisades

It's no surprise that with the City Championship on the line in the fifth game Saturday night, Palisades setter Scott Vegas looked for Kene Izuchukwu. And Izuchukwu delivered every time.

The Dolphins' sophomore hitter was 19 for 19 on his kill attempts in Palisades' five-game triumph over El Camino Real -- a stat so staggering that Palisades Coach Chris Forrest had to go over the scoresheet twice to verify its accuracy.

"That's pretty incredible in a championship game," Forrest said. "And we needed every one of those points he got us."